UL's Chase Compton celebrates after hitting a double in the third inning of the Cajuns' Sun Belt win over Arkansas State on Friday at Tigue Moore Field.

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Tim Buckley
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Two runs came on across on Ryan Leonards' second-inning suicide squeeze bunt. Three more were scored with Jace Conrad's homer in the seventh.

Behind that combination of small ball and long ball, and with the ball in Austin Robichaux's trusty right hand, UL beat Arkansas State 11-4 Friday night in the opening outing of a three-game Sun Belt Conference weekend series that continues tonight at M.L. "Tigue" Moore Field.

"That's the good ol' days right there - trying to play a lot of different things, so that we're not just one-sided," coach Tony Robichaux said after his Cajuns improved to 32-15 ...